A large-scale processional performance through the town centre from French maestros Les Commandos Percu, parkour from Belgium’s Be Flat, female clown Margherita Mischitelli from Italy, and plenty of new circus and street arts from across the UK and beyond. Out There International Festival of Circus and Street Arts in Great Yarmouth is back with a […]
Writings
Someone Had To Do It
August 23rd, 2022 by Edward TaylorNo Future? Edward Taylor celebrates 40 years of the Whalley Range All Stars, street theatre makers and animators extraordinaire, whose co-founders are now coming full circle back to their roots We’re 40 years old this year (2022), but let’s face it, we’re a street theatre company – we’ve made the faintest of marks (if any) […]
I, Object
August 19th, 2022 by Dorothy Max PriorLiving in a material world: not-so-inanimate objects are the stars of many Edinburgh Fringe 2022 shows – as witnessed by Dorothy Max Prior in Materia, Megalith, Every Word Was Once an Animal, The Smile off Your Face, Closing Party, and A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings We are in the Old Lab at Summerhall […]
Circus, Circus! Edinburgh Festivals 2022
August 15th, 2022 by Dorothy Max PriorSmall gods, humans, animals and a brave space. Dorothy Max Prior samples some of the many circus shows on offer at the Edinburgh Festivals 2022 Over the past decade, circus has become an increasingly important part of the Edinburgh Fringe, with key venues such as Underbelly and Assembly making space for some of the world’s […]
The Honest Truth
August 12th, 2022 by Dorothy Max PriorBlack Sheep, Head Set, Musclebound, and Boy: Four very different shows at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022, from autobiographical solos to docu-theatre, that explore identity and tell true-life stories – as witnessed by Dorothy Max Prior A Black woman in a boldly patterned dress is sweeping the floor, moving a psychedelic carpet of orange and pink […]